ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 90 Battle of the Great River Beach ([-])

The Greeks also stopped chasing, began to gather their team, and slowly moved forward.

In addition to the Picosis and Vig warriors, there were also injured warriors from the other three cities. There were more than 9000 troops in the camp and array. From south to north, the array was about several miles long, belonging to Grumentum, The tribes under Niutum and Laos therefore formed the formation slowly.

In front of the behemoth of the Lucalian tribal coalition, the Greek mercenaries with only 2000 people seemed too weak. However, when they slowly walked a hundred meters away from the enemy's position, they suddenly accelerated and moved to the left.

Before the Lucanian leaders could react in time, the Greek army had quickly approached the right end of the coalition's right wing. The Lucanian soldiers, who were still in a chaotic formation, watched in horror as the Greek army threw javelins at them, and then towards They launched a ferocious attack...

In the blink of an eye, the Lucanian coalition's right wing collapsed...

"The despicable Greeks broke their faith and launched an attack before we finished forming our formation!..." Severa cursed angrily.

Akpiru realized that he had made a mistake and sent a huge military formation to face the short and lean Greek army. It was like a fierce bull facing a nimble mouse, appearing bloated and inoperable.

"Blow the trumpet and let the soldiers attack immediately!" While the Greek army continued to attack the left along the right end of the right wing, Akpiru quickly issued an order: "Surround them! Don't let them escape!"

At the same time, other chiefs issued similar orders.

The Lucarian warriors, freed from restraints, rushed towards the Greek army like wild hounds. They wanted to cut into pieces the Greeks who had repeatedly teased them, humiliated them and made them hate them.

The Greek army immediately turned and ran eastward. As they ran, they threw away their bucklers, bayonets, and swords to ensure that they would not be overtaken by the Lucarians who were running like crazy.

The Greeks ran desperately in front, and the Lucanian coalition forces pursued them, gradually forming a long and dense dragon that was several miles long...

The Greeks turned around the ridge and ran eastward along the gradually lowering mountain road for about ten miles. The soldiers were a little out of breath. When they looked back, they saw that the Lucarians were still following closely behind.

At this time, the Greeks left the mountain road and approached the Tino River...then ran down the gentle slope and came to the large river beach area on the other side of the famous hot spring swamp: although the soil here is moist and soft, you will pick up a piece of soil when you step down, but The terrain is flat, which makes running more effortless, easier and faster than the bumpy, rocky mountain roads.Of course the Lucarians followed them down the river beach, otherwise they would not be able to catch up with the Greeks...

"Brothers, hold on for a little longer, we'll be here soon... right now!" Felicius, who was running in front, was panting and cheering for the surrounding soldiers in a hoarse voice. In fact, he was also cheering for himself. As a senior citizen, For the forty-year-old veteran, this long distance run exhausted all his energy.

The Greeks ran across the river bank and climbed over the gentle hillside, and the Lucanians followed closely. However, when they were about to step onto the top of the slope, they suddenly discovered that rows of fully armed Greek heavy infantry were already in formation. Welcoming.

"There is an ambush -" Before the soldier at the front could shout out, the Greek army's spear pierced his chest.

The exhausted Lucanian warriors completely lost their ability to dodge. Under the constant thrusts of countless spears of the Greek heavy infantry, they rolled down one by one like dumplings, while the warriors further behind I don't know what's going on ahead, and I'm still running forward...

At this time, behind the Tarantum reinforcements responsible for the frontal interception, the Davos mercenary soldiers who had just been responsible for luring the enemy were eating warm bread and drinking hot water. Women and slaves brought new bucklers, bayonets and swords and quickly equipped each soldier with them.The mercenaries knew that their time was very tight, and they had to replenish their food and water as quickly as possible, and then rush to the front as quickly as possible to complete the finishing work of the encirclement.

And Melses also knew that his time was very tight. After completing the replenishment of the mercenaries, he would bring the heavily armed guards of the baggage camp, slaves, slaves from Thurii City, and dozens of slaves The squad leader and the mercenary soldiers responsible for commanding them, a total of about 1000 people, including more than a dozen pack vehicles, rushed to the narrow place in front of the mountain road to establish a defensive line to block reinforcements from the Lucanian coalition forces.

Drax, Adrianx, and Sesta led about [-] mercenaries, who were ambushing on the side of the large river beach that was more than two miles long, and the front was relatively weak.Fortunately, there was an offensive line of about [-] light shields and light infantry behind them, as well as [-] armed mine slaves.Between the two teams is Davos and his escort.

"Chief!" Asistes came over on horseback and said excitedly: "Our team has begun to move quickly towards the mountain road to the west!"

Davos nodded and tried his best to suppress the excitement and nervousness in his heart: the initial operation to lure the enemy can be said to be very effective. Look at the densely packed enemies below. The lowest estimate is 9000 people. More than half of the Lucanian tribal coalition forces are Concentrate here. Excluding yesterday's casualties, the enemy's camp is estimated to have no more than 5000 people. After annihilating the enemy in front of them, the Lucarians will no longer be able to make trouble in the Subali Plain. They should take advantage of the enemy's chaos on the river beach. In this case, launch an attack and capture it as soon as possible.

"Light infantry attack!" Davos gave the order decisively.

After Epithenes and Zipit received the order, they led the peltasts through the mercenaries in front, while Alps ordered the slingers and archers to start loading ammunition...

The front was blocked, and the Lucanian warriors behind were still charging forward due to inertia.Soon, countless Lucarian warriors were crowded together, gathering at the foot of this large river beach about half a mile wide and more than two miles long. Many people already felt that something was wrong and were shouting to each other anxiously. Yelling...

At this time, countless Greek soldiers appeared on the side slopes.

"There are enemies!"

"We're in an ambush!"

……

Accompanied by the panicked shouts of the soldiers, javelins, arrows, and flying rocks poured down...

The soldiers were so crowded, and in order to facilitate the pursuit, most of them had thrown away their shields and helmets, and some even took off their breastplates. In the absence of protection, the mercenary light infantry did not need to aim. Every javelin, every stone, every arrow hits the target with ease.

"Retreat!" The companions beside them screamed and fell down one by one. The frightened soldiers wanted to escape. However, among the more than 9000 people in the crowded and small space, some were avoiding arrows and flying rocks, and some were trying to escape. Withdrawing back, some wanted to angrily kill the Greeks in front and fight out... Everyone had their own ideas, running around like headless flies, but the whole team was confused and unorganized. It is quite difficult to complete a smooth retreat. On the contrary, it is more likely to cause a trampling disaster.Facing death, the fearful warriors unconsciously pushed down the tribesmen standing in front of them, and died silently at the feet of countless people in an instant...

The leaders and warriors of each tribe were extremely anxious when they saw this situation.However, in the turbulent and noisy crowd, any shouting and obstruction were in vain. However, the trumpeters of the coalition forces were far behind the team and could not be relied on.

"Fight out! Follow me and fight out!..." Severa relied on his strong body to push away the panicked tribesmen. Holding a spear, he kept roaring, eyes wide open in anger, and rushed towards the gentle slope on the side of the river beach...

His adventurous action attracted the attention of both sides and alerted the panicked soldiers who were avoiding the rain of arrows. Some of the soldiers began to follow him, running up the gentle slope despite the enemy's long-range attacks.

Zipit pulled out a javelin, wrapped a narrow strip of cloth around the middle of the gun barrel, put the leather loop on the other end around his fingers, spread out his body, like a bow with a full string, and stared at the people who were getting closer and closer to him. Severa, however, remained motionless.When he saw Severa using a round shield to deflect a javelin thrown by a peltast, and his feet slipped due to excessive force, he suddenly threw the javelin at Severa, with the leather band in his hand holding a cloth strip. Pulling the javelin along the way, the javelin not only carried strong kinetic energy but also rotated. In the blink of an eye, it accurately penetrated the linen breastplate Severa was wearing.

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